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Adam, I heartily disagree (while I support your right to your opinion!). Everything you describe below is either Cooperation or Coordination. You're right. None of it is Collaboration. But I have spent my career engaging in genuine collaborative practice (and did so as a collaborating teacher with my teaching partners when I was in the classroom). I continue to PLAN, TEACH, and EVALUATE collaborative projects in my local school with my classroom colleagues and paid LMS because I believe in it so deeply, I'm willing to spend the time and energy (as are they) without benefit of a paycheck. >No one collaborates. Especially teachers and librarians. > >What we do is PLAN. Plain and simple! > >Teachers develop and PLAN assignments, and then they come to the library >media specialist to see what we can do to help them. > >A teacher wants us to pull books on Ancient Rome because they have >information that the students use. This is a teacher's PLAN. We support >it. > >A teacher wants us to review magazine databases with their classes for >an assignment on world issues. This is a teacher's PLAN. We do the >instruction. > >A teacher want us to provide links to famous photographers. This is a >teacher's PLAN. We support it and instruct the students on how to access >these sites. > >A teacher wants us to cover the elements of a successful PowerPoint >presentation. We do it. This is the teacher's PLAN. We do the >instruction. > >A teacher requests a rubric for evaluating a presentation. We PLAN with >that teacher, offering several different options. > >Planning can be 2 minutes, 5 minutes 10 minutes, 30 minutes, or more. >But what we do is offer teachers solutions. > >But "collaboration" implies hours of work. > >I am sorry teachers don't have the time to "collaborate". > >We are successful! We PLAN with our teachers, whatever time it takes, 2 >minutes or more! > >Time to dump the word collaborate! Toni Buzzeo, MA, MLIS <mailto:tonibuzzeo@tonibuzzeo.com> Maine Library Media Specialist of the Year Emerita Maine Association of School Libraries Board Member Buxton, ME 04093 http://www.tonibuzzeo.com =================================================================== Collaborating to Meet Literacy Standards: Teacher/Librarian Partnerships for K-2 (Linworth 2006) BRAND NEW! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------